Monthly Archives: April 2017
What to do About Willets Point (Shahdi)
Both Santos and Bilefsky gave conflicting opinions about what to do with Willets Point and honestly, it’s hard to come up with a straightforward answer. On one hand, it is the government’s job to increase the overall quality of the … Continue reading
What American Food is (Shahdi)
What Gabbacia defines as American food is very different to my definition of American food. Granted, we are both defining American food in different time periods and it’s safe to say that American food has changed in this time. Gabbacia … Continue reading
Looking Forward, Looking Back: Bluestockings
Bluestockings bookstore was opened relatively recently, in 1999. It is a feminist bookstore with an intersectional scope. Bluestockings was actually named after the Blue Stockings Society, which was an English movement to promote female authorship and literary advancement in the mid-18th … Continue reading
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Zooming Out, Zooming In: Russ & Daughters
Due to the sheer amount of data that is available for analysis on Social Explorer, this post will focus on changes in the Lower East side between 1920 and 2015. Factors taken into account that are presumed to have had … Continue reading
Zooming in, Zooming out
The neighborhood that we analyzed was Jackson Heights and I decided to focus especially on the area around Khan’s Tutorial. Jackson Heights is very interesting because it is known as one of the most diverse places in the city. I … Continue reading
Why did BCD Tofu House choose K-Town?
Visiting BCD Tofu House, I found it rather interesting the demographic of customers they had. Iris, the hostess, had said that the majority of their customers were Chinese and that the second largest group was Korean people. Everyone else was … Continue reading
Zooming In, Zooming Out on Bayside, Queens
Pesso’s Italian Ices is located in the neighborhood Bayside, Queens. It serves delicious cold treats like ices, ice creams, and milk shakes to locals in town and visitors from outside the area. While walking along the block where the shop … Continue reading
Zooming In, Zooming Out
I chose to do more research and insight on the business of McSorley’s Old Ale House and the neighborhood surrounding it. Being the oldest bar still standing in New York City, it’s safe to say it’s been located in the … Continue reading
The Willets Point Conundrum
The redevelopment of the “Iron Triangle” can be understood in the context of a powerful economic force that is driving enormous changes in the economies of nations and municipalities everywhere: globalization. Unfortunately, industrial places like Willets Point don’t really have a … Continue reading
Oral History 2 – Thyme Natural Market
I’m back and a wave of nostalgia passes over as I walk down Lefferts Blvd in Kew Gardens, Queens. It’s just beginning to feel warm too, as spring has just arrived and I look down at the shops I’ve known … Continue reading
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